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Flash Floods in Himachal Claim Five Lives as Rescues Intensify

State authorities have mobilized disaster teams under an IMD orange alert following torrential cloudbursts

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Teams from the police, fire department, State Disaster Response Force and locals reached the site to assist with the search and rescue operations.
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Multiple flash floods triggered by cloudbursts in Himachal Pradesh, 2 dead

Overview

  • At least five people have died and three remain missing after June 25 cloudbursts triggered flash floods in Kangra and Kullu districts
  • SDRF and NDRF teams joined local responders on Thursday to search swept-away labour colonies and damaged villages near hydroelectric sites
  • Heavy rains have swollen the Beas and Sutlej rivers, washing away homes, roads and a bridge on the Manali–Chandigarh highway
  • The India Meteorological Department has extended its orange alert for heavy rainfall through June 29 and warned of landslides
  • Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has placed deputy commissioners on 24/7 alert and urged tourists to avoid riverbanks